Tkack-hangeb



A. F. KLINZING.

TRACK HANGER.

l NOV-22.1918.

Patented Nov. 18, 1919 ATTUHNE Y5 AUGUST F. KLINZING, OF NEW I-IOLSTEIN, WISCONSIN.

TRACK-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented N 0V. 1S, 1919.

Application filed. November 22, 1918. Serial No. 263,720.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUsr F. KLINZING, a citizen of the United States, and resident of New Holstein, in the county of Calumet and State of WVisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Track-Hangers, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this specification.

The invention relates to track hangers.

In modern sanitary barn equipment the overhead carriage for transporting material from one part of the barn to another or to a place outside of the barn run on overhead tracks which are hung from the ceiling or overhead rafters of the first floor of the barn by means of hangers. It

is the principal object of this invention to provide a simple, durable and efficient hanger for the overhead carrier track.

The invention consists in the several features hereinafter set forth and more particularly defined by claims at the conclusion hereof.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a view of the device showing it applied to either side of the track where it passes outside of the barn;

Fig. 2 is a view of the device showing it applied to a rafter within the barn, the track being shown in section, parts of the hanger being broken away and parts being shown in section; and

Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the hanger.

The hanger 3 consists of a member cast in one piece having a vertically disposed intermediate portion 4, curved portions 5 and 6 and ends 7 and 8. The curved portions 5 and 6 offset the intermediate portion 4: from the ends 7 and 8, which are substantially in line with each other, to provide for the trolley wheels of the carrier.

The upper end 7 consists of an enlarged portion provided with an aperture 9 through which any suitable fastening means such as the screw bolt 10 orthe bolt 11 passes to secure the hanger to the rafter 12 or the beam 13 or any other suitable support.

The lower end 8 of the hanger consists of an enlarged portion having a substantially inverted T-shaped groove 14: formed therein to receive the lower flange and the web of an I-beam rail section 15, the portions 16 and 17 adjacent the groove extending upwardly into contact with the upper flanges of the rail 15 whereby the rail will be firmly seated within the hanger. The hanger is attached to the rail by sliding it over and then along the rail into the desired position.

A reinforcing rib 18 extends over the curved portion 5 and the intermediate portion 4E and on the curved portion 6, two ribs 19 and 20 branch or fork from the rib l7 and extend along said portion 6 adjacent its edge, the ends 21 abutting against the enlarged portion 22 of the end 8 and greatly increasing its strength against lateral and vertical strains.

In Fig. l I have shown one hanger 3 mounted within the barn and secured to the rail 23, another hanger 3 mounted without the barn upon a beam 2% pivotally secured to the barn by a hinge 25, said hanger secured to the rail 26, the rails 28 and 26 being pivotally secured together by an intermediate section 27 of rail which is pivotally secured at itsendsto the ends of said rails by a ball and socket connection 28.

The invention thus exemplifies a form of track hanger which is Well adapted for this purpose.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A track hanger consisting of a member having its intermediate portion ofiset from its ends, upper and lower curved portions connecting said intermediate portion with said ends, a reinforcing rib on said upper curvedportion and said intermediate portion, and reinforcing ribs on said lower curved portion forked from the rib on the intermediate portion, the lower end pro vided with a track-receiving slot, the upper end provided with means for securing it to a support.

2. A track hanger consisting of a member having a vertically disposed intermediate portion, curved portions extending therefrom and terminating in enlarged ends in line with each other, one of said ends pro vided with an aperture for securing a fastening means to secure it to a support, the other end provided with an inverted T- shaped slot for surrounding and engaging the lower flange and the web of a rail section.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature.

AUGUST F. KLINZING. 

